25th Zion Bowl set to rock inside Zion National Park on Sunday April 26th!

(Zion National Park, Utah)_ The Zion Football League will celebrate twenty five years of armchair football in Southern Utah with the annual commencement of the league's first Southern Utah based tourney - the Zion Bowl. The twenty-fifth Zion Bowl will kick off Zion National Park's "Century of Sanctuary" centennial celebrations that will be held throughout 2009. This year's Zion Bowl will also mark Mike Large's 25th anniversary of arriving in Zion. Back on April 27, 1984, a bright eyed, and dice-rollin' boy, moved to Zion Lodge and began a 25 year career that has been blessed with great memories of Zion and the honor of having wonderful friends.

The 2009 Zion Bowl will be held at Mike's cabin in Zion National Park on Sunday, April 26th. Pre-game partyin' and activities begin at 10 am. Mike will provide a buffet of pizza, spanish rice, and other favorites. Please bring your usual great treats.

Zion Bowl Notes
Justin's Kaibab Mountain Cows won last year's Zion Bowl, edging Mike's Posse 24-17 in a defensive slugfest...In 2007, Tim's Heat out-offensed Doug's Parowan 45-31 to capture Zion Bowl #23...Jim's Gold Miners won their first ever ZFL tournament in 2005 with a 44-19 dry-humping of Tony's Stoners in Zion Bowl #21...The following year, in 2006, the Gold Miners defended their Zion Bowl title with another championship game win against the Stoners, a much closer 35-32 Gold Miner win...Tony's Stoners have won three Zion Bowl championships, including two in a row during 2002-2003...The Posse have won four Zion Bowls in ZFL history, but none in five years ...The Posse's last Zion Bowl Crown came in a 17-0 win over Tim Andreen's Zion Redhawks in 2004's Zion Bowl #20 title game...The first Zion Bowl tourney was held in the basement of what is now the Zion Pizza Noodle in downtown Springdale (the old LDS chapel) in 1984...